When is Parshat Parah (red heifer) read, and is it biblically mandated?
Synopsis
Parshat Parah is read on the third Shabbat of the Adar sequence (the 15th of Adar or nearest Shabbat). The Torah portion describes the red heifer purification ritual. There is dispute whether this reading is biblically mandated or rabbinically ordained.
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